Everyone should enjoy good work as a right. Our new report sets out 8 ideas to form a new social contract for a better future of work for all. [Thread] [1/10] #RSAbridgesbit.ly/2YmAKZ6
1️⃣ A union innovation deal: to help grow innovative trade unions so, in the long term, we move towards a self-organising social contract where powerful workers secure good work on their terms [2/10]
2️⃣ Works councils: to help scale stakeholder worker power over the economy and technology, while moving us towards a more corporatist approach to securing good work – at firm and social contract level [3/10]
3️⃣ A data covenant for workers: to provide a minimum universal floor of data protection for workers, with enhanced rights and power over technology-driven changes to management [4/10]
4️⃣ Data trusts: to increase stakeholder worker power over the lucrative data economy, providing institutions that could help us move towards a self-organising equilibrium in the long term [5/10]
5️⃣ Universal basic income: to provide a safety net that is both resilient to economic shocks and truly empowers workers to transform their circumstances, releasing them from being trapped by low pay or bad work [6/10]
6️⃣ A portable benefits system: to expand entitlements to all workers and allow true ‘flexicurity’ in the labour market [7/10]
7️⃣ Personal learning accounts: to provide a universal entitlement for re-training and protect workers from automation [8/10]
8️⃣ Job security centres: to transform our retraining and employability services in line with the needs of the future of work [9/10]
Today's report is part of #RSAbridges - new ideas that can make sure the recovery from Covid-19 builds bridges to a better future. Join our community to help us create real, lasting change: thersa.org/bridges-future [10/10]
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Together w/ @UKRI_News, we’re excited to announce funding for 9 projects testing new possibilities for public dialogue through the Rethinking Public Dialogue fund. Explore the pilot projects below - each brings innovation to the field and we can’t wait to work with them!
First up, a ‘climate friendly pop-up supermarket and kitchen’ will, through a multi-stakeholder dialogue, develop an experience to enable more environmentally friendly food choices, led by @ImperialSpark,@theliminalspace & @thenourishhub.
Guided by @ucl, @UYSEG and @RushtonDr, ‘DICEY’ is focused on question creation and online workshops with under-represented people, scientists, policy-makers and artists. The questions they produce will become illustrated cards, to stimulate further public dialogue online.
Our report with @AutodeskFdn explores good work challenges facing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that need to be addressed if all workers are to benefit from technological change. We make the following recommendations: [thread - 1/5] thersa.org/reports/future…
1. Create new skills and employment pathways: digital skills training provision is needed for most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, but more generally the education system needs to place a greater emphasis on job pathways that can bring young people into employment. [2/5]
2. Explore new forms of social protection: gig economy or platform work can provide informal workers with a degree of formalisation, but it does not offer sufficient social protection. Platforms may need to do more to support workers if they are to remain viable long term. [3/5]
66% support continuing the furlough scheme in limited sectors. But just 39% support continuing the full scheme indefinitely throughout the pandemic.
64% support housing benefits to cover the whole of a person’s mortgage or rent, to prevent a wave of evictions and/or repossessions. Younger groups lean more heavily in favour.
We are pleased to announce the design challenges for the 2020-21 RSA Student Design Awards! Here are 8 real-world problems. Up-and-coming young designers, we want your ideas. @RSADesignAwards [Thread] ow.ly/aLkh50BeLOr
1. Redistributing Health, in partnership with @Philips.
How can we design systems that provide seamless and cost-effective access to quality health services for underserved communities? #thinkdifferently
Key workers have kept the country going during the pandemic, but some are facing the worst of the economic turmoil created by it. Insights from our new briefing published today [Thread] thersa.org/discover/publi…
1. Most key workers report doing financially well during lockdown: 63% say their household has been “very” or “relatively comfortable financially” during the pandemic.
2. However, not all did well. Certain groups of key workers still had to access their savings throughout the pandemic:
- 22% of supermarket workers
- 18% of school & nursery workers
- 14% of social care workers
- 10% percent of NHS staff.
How can history help reduce inequality? Today we publish our new report on Heritage and Inclusive Growth, in partnership with @BritishArts.
Here are 8 places in the UK where we saw the heritage sector making a difference in local communities: [Thread] thersa.org/discover/publi…
.@NewAngliaLEP is using heritage activities to benefit the local area – supporting projects like the Collaboration: Place: Change leadership programme & the Deep History Coast in North Norfolk, encouraging coastal walks @WritersCentre
In Dundee, investing in culture has paid off. Venues like @VADundee have worked in collaboration with each other & the local community. Making sure everyone feels redevelopment is ‘theirs’ & they feel pride in the city.